Topic #2
The Book of Mormon Was Written for Our Day
Brother Dunford
Fall 2023
Teachings & Doctrines of the Book of Mormon; 275-ON02
Topic #2
The Book of Mormon Was Written for Our Day
Introduction
Class #7
Noah Blindness (Mosiah)
What have you learned from the gospel or specifically from the Book of Mormon that would help prevent, cure, or heal from Noah Blindness?
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Class #8
How to Combat the Influence of an Anti-Christ
How have or how might these suggestions help you combat those who have tried or might try to destroy your faith?
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Class #9
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
YOU Decide Who Wins
Over the years, what have been some of your thoughts about the war chapters in the Book of Mormon?
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Class #10
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
Amalickiah
What are some of the "first steps" that lead people down from the mountain?
What will you do to not take that first step?
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Class #11
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
Humility & the City of Noah
Elder Oaks: "Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall"
Jesse Crosby: "I went to the Prophet with a sister..."
Ponder this: What feedback have you been given that might indicate a weakness you have? How did you receive it?
Answer this: What must we do to build up our weak places?
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Class #12
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
Mistake #1
What have you learned by watching those around you about forgetting who the enemy really is?
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Class #13
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
Mistake #2
What connection have you found between dissension and opening the front door to the real enemy?
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Class #14
Ending the War Begun in Heaven:
The Strippling Warriors
What has helped you become a modern-day strippling warrior?
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Class #15
The Book of Helaman:
A Pattern of Our Day
What have been your thoughts about the Book of Helaman? What connections do you now make between Helaman and our day?
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Class #16
Helaman:
Challenge #1: Wars of the Heart
What are some of the most painful wars of the heart (either worldwide, national, local, or familial), that you have watched?
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Class #17
Helaman:
Solution #1: Wars of the Heart
Think of a time when you or someone you know tried to solve a conflict of the heart with the sword. What was the result? Contrast that to a time you solved a conflict the Lord's way. What do you learn about the difference?
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Class #18
Wars of the Heart: The Lord's Side
Ponder how you or others have obeyed and also violated these three rules. What can you do to better follow them and have the Lord on your side in a conflict?
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Class #19
Helaman:
Challenge #2: Secret Combinations
What are some of the modern secret combinations that have great power over people you love? What connections do you make between the warnings of Mormon and Moroni and the events of our day?
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Class #20
Helaman:
Secret Combinations: The Solutions
What are the greatest challenges to heading a seer in the "day of peace"? What have you learned are the blessings?
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Class #21
Helaman:
The Pride Cycle
What have you observed of the human tendency to turn against God because He blesses us?
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Class #22
What is Pride?:
More, Better, Persecute
Explain a few examples that you have observed where a "more" led to someone thinking they were "better." What form did their "persecution" take?
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Class #23
Checking Our Pride
How might one of these 4 Book of Mormon suggestions help you eleminate your natural tendency to notice your "more," think you are "better," and to "persecute" others?
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